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Sunday, November 9, 2025
TopicIndian bureaucracy

Topic: Indian bureaucracy

Avoid fashion, Tamil Nadu govt orders staff to wear saree, salwar kameez, dupatta, veshti

Two orders this week tells Tamil Nadu government employees to desist from wearing ‘fashionable” attire, to reflect culture.

From UPSC to RAW chief, Indian postal service officers keep beating IAS, IPS to top posts

The IPoS was expected to die out along with traditional mail but it is reinventing itself, to remain a relevant part of Indian bureaucracy.

In Modi govt, just 4% of IAS officers are from Gujarat cadre, but they hold the key posts

Of the 18 Gujarat IAS officers in the Central government, 4 serve in the PMO, 4 in the finance ministry and 2 in the home ministry.

We’re domain experts too, but ignored for IAS officers in top posts: IRS body writes to PM

IRS officers say we have experience of revenue and govt. Same as railway, forest officers. Yet these ministries are headed by IAS.

TalkPoint: Lateral entry at joint secretary level positions: reform or politically motivated?

An advertisement by the government of India on Sunday announced 10 positions at the joint secretary level for ‘talented and motivated’ professionals. Experts weigh in whether it will help.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.